New York City collected $48.6 million in revenue from the first month of its congestion pricing program that the Trump administration has moved to kill, a transit agency said. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said on Monday that in January the program reduced congestion and raised $48.

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday announced his agency will end New York City's congestion pricing enacted by the state.

New York City’s controversial traffic tolling program is testing President Donald Trump’s ability to reach beyond his federal fights over citizenship and government efficiency all the way down to a local brawl in Wall Street’s backyard.

DOT Secretary Sean Duffy terminated the program, which began Jan. 5 this year and implemented tolls on vehicles entering Manhattan below 60th Street.

Duffy did not give a time frame for trying to shut down congestion pricing, saying only that federal officials would contact the state to "discuss the orderly cessation of toll operations." MTA CEO Janno Lieber said tolling would "continue notwithstanding this baseless effort to snatch those benefits away."

President Donald Trump's administration has given New York City a deadline of March 21 to end the congestion pricing program begun last month, a policy that was intended to reduce traffic in Manhattan's central business district and raise money to upgrade aging subway and bus systems.

The Department of Transportation gave New York City a deadline of March 21 to end its congestion pricing plan. In a letter to New York State Transportation Department(NYSDOT) officials, Federal Highway Administration Executive Director Gloria Shepherd followed up on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s order that terminated the state’s congestion pricing plan.

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration want congestion pricing to end in New York City by March 21. However, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA say a court will decide.

The Trump administration has instructed New York City to end congestion pricing by March 21. The Federal Highway Administration sent a letter to New York State DOT, New York City DOT and MTA, saying the MTA must stop collecting tolls by then to allow for an "orderly cessation.